The two masked people looked at each other. One with a white mask and a walking cane in hand, the other with a black and red mask with two katanas tied to his back.
Dozens of armed men stood behind both of them ready to open fire any second towards each other.
'Oh boy, I did not expect this.' Law groaned internally about the unexpected situation that he found himself in but he was also quite excited at finally meeting his favourite marvel character.
'To think that a simple mission would turn out to be this complicated. I should have sticked to my rules and should not have participated in these gang wars. These gangs would ultimately kill each other anyhow. Ugh, I am getting sidetracked.'
'The gang that I have to eliminate has hired Deadpool to eliminate the gang that hired me. That makes things a lot complicated. Jeez, now I have to worry about competition for my mercenary services? Well, he doesn't have a team or does he? Maybe he already has an X force established. I would have to look into it.' Law thought while still looking at Deadpool who too stared at Law.
Deadpool was the first one to break the silence "Well, well, well, what do we have here? Another wannabe badass trying to steal my thunder?"
"Nah, I am just a simple mercenary." Law said with a chuckle.
'Finally someone who understands the need of banter before a fight.'
"Well, well, well!! Another mercenary with a flair for the dramatic. Man, But why are you crashing my party? And who the hell are you anyways?" Deadpool voiced his question
Law with a theatrical bow "Let me introduce myself, I am known as Death Surgeon when I am working. You can call me Surgeon since 'death Surgeon' is quite cringy and I did not think before I picked that name."
Deadpool eyes widened "Oh, so you're the infamous Death Surgeon! Heard a lot about you, mostly from terrified henchmen and Yelp reviews. Five stars for brutality and all that. But seriously, Death Surgeon? Is that the best you could come up with? Sounds like a rejected comic book villain name."
Deadpool said that with a lot of politeness and flattery.
Law was amused "Well, at least it's original. Your name sounds like something a 10-year-old would come up with while playing with action figures in a sandbox. Anyways I heard that your reviews are quite bad. Most say that you only rely on cheap gimmicks and fourth-wall-breaking antics."
Deadpool feigned offense "Hey now, those fourth-wall-breaking antics pay the bills! Besides, You are quite a stalker to know all such things about me. But let's not argue semantics. We're both here for the same reason: to make some poor schmuck's day a whole lot worse ."
Law nodded in agreement "Indeed. And may the best mercenary win... which, let's face it, will definitely be me."
Deadpool rolled his eyes "Oh, it's on like Donkey Kong, Doc! But fair warning: I hope you're not squeamish, because things are about to get messy. And I'm not just talking about your operating table. So, who's the lucky schmuck who hired you? Probably someone with terrible taste, huh?"
Law looked at a plump man behind him and pointed at him "That man is my contractor. Despite how he looks, he pays quite generously."
Deadpool laughed "I bet mine is more generous. Let's cut to the chase. We both know how this goes. You do your thing, I do mine, and we'll see who walks away with the bigger paycheck. Deal?"
Law have it a thought and spoke up "I kinda like you. Now before you say something, I am not gay. It's rare to have some good competition in our line of business so it would be sad if I killed you."
"Uh, You don't have to worry about me. I am kinda immortal." Deadpool said sheepishly
"Sure, You are." Law brushed the topic as if Deadpool was just joking. He knew about Wade' s regeneration but there were ways to kill immortal guys. Law had already recently killed another immortal who went by the name Apocalypse.
Even if he did not want to kill Deadpool, Law could still seal him or teleport and strand him on an unknown planet in the universe.
"Let's come to a compromise. Your mission is to eliminate the Irish Mafia that have hired me, right?" Law asked
"Yes" Deadpool answered curious to know what solution Law would suggest.
"Well, My mission is to eliminate the German gangs that have hired you. There is nothing about protecting them. Does your mission state anything about protecting them?"
"No" Deadpool grinned under his mask, understanding finally dawned on him.
"I believe that they have already paid you?" Law asked and Deadpool nodded
"So our contract states that eliminate the enemy and nothing about protecting them and that's what we are going to do unhindered. We would not break any mercenary code or the contract and also would get our missions completed without any enmity between us." Law said
"Son of a b¡tch, You are quite an asshole. But I like your idea." Deadpool said as he pulled out his katanas and dashed towards the armed men behind Law.
"FIRST ONE TO COMPLETE THE MISSION IS THE BETTER MERCENARY!" Deadpool shouted as bullets rained down on him.
Law did not want to be left behind as he made short work of the opposite gang.
When both the mercenaries were done, only dead bodies of both the gangs remained.
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